Praise for "Life with McDuff"
Through this heart-warming tribute to an extraordinary therapy dog, McFadden skillfully touches our emotions. We share her laughter and feel her grief as she takes us on a journey to learn about the profound impact a dog can have on our lives.
Mary R. Burch, PhD
AKC Canine Good Citizen Director
AKC Canine Good Citizen® Test
|Everyone can relate to the life lessons taught by McDuff, the extraordinary Scottish terrier therapy dog, in Life with McDuff: Lessons Learned from a Therapy Dog. Whether Christian, Jew, Buddhist, Shintoist, any other religion, or no religion at all, people of all races and cultures can learn something from McDuff about life and living.
McDuff taught unconditional love, forgiveness, looking beyond appearances, nonresistance, and being of service to others. And, he didn’t stop – even after death.
• Five young adults with severe mental and physical disabilities in Opportunity Village Project PRIDE responded to McDuff in astounding ways.
• Steven, a fifth grader with crippling reading difficulties went from a D average to the honor roll after reading to McDuff in the Reading with Rover program.
McDuff was a spirit animal. Judy writes about his supernatural abilities during their nine years together and the eerie events that occurred during and after his death.
McDuff wasn’t always the dedicated therapy dog on a noble mission. How many therapy dogs have been kicked out of a public library? He had two sides, one dedicated and dignified and the other stubborn and hilarious. Be prepared to laugh, cry, and learn from Life with McDuff: Lessons Learned from a Therapy Dog.